Topsy Turvy

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1590A
Date Released
26 Nov 1959
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Gt. Britain Win Test
  2. 2Easy to Watch
  3. 3Healing Hands
  4. 4Such a Silly Shark
  5. 5Topsy Turvy
  6. 6Skid School

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Topsy Turvy. DESCRIPTION: How to make an apple tart is one of the lessons at this Luton school. And it’s boys who are learning cookery here! Housewives of the future see that man can do it, and they also learn that the mystique of carpentry need not be a male preserve. The girls enjoy job-swapping, which is a popular part of the school curriculum. By learning to use them now, chisels, planes and saws will hold not terrors for them in the future. SHOTLIST: GV boy cooks. CU hands in mixing bowl. MS boy cooks. Pan same mixing. MS same. CU rolling pastry. MS instructor and boy cook. MS boy cook placing tart in oven. GV boy cooks. Pan boy cooks. Pan boy cooks taking tart out. CU two girls in woodwork class. CU instructor. CU girls at woodwork. Same. CU girl planing. CU same. CU girl sawing. CU girl sandpapering. LS same. CU girl. Pan girl with finished job. CU girl.
Keywords
Education and training; Food and cooking; Children; Industry and manufacture
Locations
England; Luton
Card file number
78667
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Len Waldorf
Length of story (in feet)
119
Story extras:
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